NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory detected a supermassive black hole tearing apart a star on the outskirts of a galaxy on July 27, 2026, an unusual discovery since such black holes typically reside at galactic centers. The observation provides rare evidence of wandering black holes.
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured a rare tidal disruption event (2025abcr) in which an orphaned supermassive black hole destroyed a star over 30,000 light-years from a distant galaxy's center. The phenomenon is exceptionally rare and shines brighter than 10 billion suns.